Plow.



W. L. PAULKNER.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTf23,1912.

1,091,920. Patented Mar.31, 1914.

WILLIAM LESLIE FAULKNER, 0F EVESHAM, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

PLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

Application filed September 23, 1912. Serial N 0. 722,001.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LESLIE FAULKNER, of the village of Evesham, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to an improvement in plows, and the object of the invention is to provide a device attachable to a plow which will cause the plow to turn an even or uniform score, leaving the land level as well as preserving the moisture in the soil by having the score flat.

It consists essentially in a plate or hood secured to the plow and located at the upper edge of the moldboard, the parts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter more particularly described, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 represents a front perspective view of a plow with the device attached, Fig. 2 a plan view of the plate detached, Fig. 3 a reversed perspective view of the plow with the attachment, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the brace securing the plate to the moldboard.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

1 represents a plow supplied with the usual moldboard 2, share 3, landside l, drawbeam 5, and handles 6 and 7 the beam being secured to the landside in the usual way by bolts 8, while the handles are reinforced by braces 9 secured to a beam by a bolt 9 and are fastened to the beam by bolts 9 10 represents a plate or hood curved to fit the curve of the upper edge of the moldboard and of a width suitable to engage fully with the furrow turned by the plow. The rear end of the plate is fitted with holes 13 which receive bolts ll fastening the plate adjustably to a bracket or brace 15 carried by the moldboard 2, said brace being supplied with slots 15 which receive the bolts. The brace is slotted at 15 to receive a bolt 16 passing through the moldboard so that it can be adjusted up and down if desired.

17 is an angle brace secured permanently to the plate by a bolt 17 passing through the forward end of the plate at 17 and to the plow beam by one of the bolts 9 hereinbefore referred to, which bolt passes through a slot 17 2 formed in the brace.

18 is a brace secured to the beam 5 by the bolt 9 already referred to and having the lower end thereof fastened to the front end of the plate 10 by means of a bolt 19 which bolt passes through an opening 20 supplied in the forward end of the plate. The brace is slotted at 18 to receive the bolt 9 The above construction allows either end of the plate to be adjusted. The rear end can be moved either vertically or horizontally as soon as either the bolts 16 or those 14 are unfastened, and the front edge of the moldboard can be raised or lowered by undoing the bolts 9 and 9 as will be readily understood.

I do not lay particular stress on the precise means employed for securing the plate in position as one could readily supply various other mechanical equivalents for holding the plate to the plow in the position shown.

What I claim as my invention 1. In a plow, the combination with the moldboard and plow beam, of a plate adjoining the upper edge of the moldboard and extending outwardly atright angles from the same, a bracket secured adj ustably to the rear end of the plate and to the moldboard, and means securing the forward end of the plate adjustably to the plow beam, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a plow, the combination with a moldboard and plow beam, of a plate adjoining the upper edge of the moldboard and extending outwardly at right angles from the same, a bracket adjustably secured to the rear end of the plate and to the rear end of the moldboard, a brace secured permanently to the forward end of the plate and turned downwardly and secured adjustably to the plow beam, and a brace secured to the plate permanently in advance of the latter brace and having an end turned upwardly and adjustably secured to the plow beam, as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at Macklin, in the Province of Saskatchewan this 20th day of Dec. 1911.

WILLIAM LESLIE FAULKNER.

In the presence of- S. W. LAIRD, ALEX. O. MACLEAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

